AVM Fritz!WLAN Repeater 1750E for Outdoor Use
An outdoor Wi-Fi mesh system currently costs around €250 (example: Netgear Orbi RBS50Y Outdoor Satellite). I thought it could be done much more cheaply, so last year I simply put […]
Fix for Image Quality Problems with an External Monitor on an Apple MacBook
If you connect an external monitor to your MacBook and the text looks very blurry (as in the image below), this link may help:http://www.ireckon.net/2013/03/force-rgb-mode-in-mac-os-x-to-fix-the-picture-quality-of-an-external-monitor It worked for me with my […]
Seriously Cool: Oculus Rift VR Headset Connected to a Roller Coaster
Simply incredibly cool: students at the University of Kaiserslautern, together with their lecturer Thomas Wagner, connected an Oculus Rift headset to a roller coaster at Europa-Park Rust. Special software was […]
You’ll Hardly Believe It: Apple Becomes a Privacy Advocate
Apple is doing something for its customers’ privacy, and the US tracking company Nomi has allegedly already laid off employees as a result … Nicely explained by Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Just follow the link.
— Read more at http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/neues-iphone-betriebssystem-apple-bremst-die-spurenleser-aus-1.2085229
Fix Synology File Station on iOS Devices When the Certificate Is Reported as Invalid
After Synology’s latest update wave to DSM 4.3 and the new iOS versions of the Apple apps, I could only access the File Station app without HTTPS. I was/am not […]
Bitkom Calls for Rural Broadband Expansion to Be Financed with Spectrum Auction Proceeds
Bitkom is calling for proceeds from future spectrum auctions to be invested in network expansion, for example broadband rollout in rural areas. The full article is available on heise.de; see below. I found the following passage particularly interesting:
Following the liberalisation of the market, the federal government has received more than €60 billion from telecommunications providers through spectrum auctions.
That is quite a sum accumulated through GSM, UMTS, WiMAX and LTE auctions. And in 2016, the GSM frequencies are due to go under the hammer again. The finance minister is probably rubbing his hands already.
— Read more http://heise.de/-2085489
